Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-01-31-Speech-3-103"

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dcterms:Date	"2001-01-31"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in the Middle East2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010131.5.3-103"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-01-31-Speech-3-1042
lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 member; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2000-10-05--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I was interested to read the conclusions which the General Council reached early last week regarding the Middle East peace process. The intention to work in close cooperation with the new American Bush administration within this diplomatic minefield deserves the support of the European Parliament. This view bears witness to an understanding of the political constraints of the European Union in the Middle East. This realism was expressed very aptly by the High Representative of the CFSP, Mr Solana, in a recent interview with the : “We can be persuasive, exert pressure, and grant financial aid, but we also know our limits. The only country which can provide credible security guarantees for both sides is the United States.” In its conclusions, the General Council also particularly urges Israelis and Palestinians to make every effort to bring the current negotiations in Taba to a successful end. According to spokespeople from both camps, these have now been concluded, and not without hope for the future. However, how, in this specific context, have the Council and Commission taken the harsh accusations which the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mr Arafat, levelled at the state of Israel and its armed forces, in Davos at the beginning of this week? Against the backdrop of the Israeli presidency elections to be held on 6 February, this verbal attack thwarted conclusively the plan for a meeting between the Israeli Prime Minister Barak and Arafat in Stockholm today. Mr President, I would therefore like to hear the view of the Council and Commission on Mr Arafat’s international stance, which was anything but constructive. At the end of its conclusions, the General Council lectures Israel on its economic and financial policy the Palestinian Authority. However, an equally critical tone on the public execution of two so-called ‘collaborators’ by the same Palestinian Authority is missing from this document. Why is this? After all, the Palestinian human rights organisations dared lodge a protest against a highly deficient judicial process which was challenged with good reason. I take it that the Council and Commission are not applying their own standards of democratic rule of law on a case-by-case basis. Mr President, the clear stance taken by the Swedish Presidency and Commissioner Patten in this debate have not betrayed my confidence."@en1
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